Here comes Halloween!

We've been busy with several Halloween parties this week. Ethan had his school party on Thursday. They sang songs, played games, and had lots of treats. Ethan loved having Mommy and Brooklyn at school with him. He says his favorite part was when his teacher said Brooklyn's name, and his other favorite part was when both he and Brooklyn got flashlights from his teacher to keep them safe while Trick-or-Treating. Ethan dressed up as Woody, and Brooklyn was Jessie.
Friday night we went to a costume party with some friends. The kids played lots of games and got all sorts of prizes. Due to the fact that we couldn't find enough cardboard to create the costumes we had envisioned, Kyle went as Woody, Jen went as Mater (borrowing the kids' Mater costume), Ethan was Lightning McQueen, and Brooklyn went as Ariel.
We had a ward Halloween party last night. There were lots of fun games for the kids, and dinner was yummy. Jen entered the cake making contest for our ward Halloween party last night. She won "Best of Show."
Today we made some Halloween decorations with the kids. Ethan and Brooklyn both colored faces on a paper pumpkin and then cut them out. Ethan also made a ghost, witch, and bat at school.

This year for Halloween, Brooklyn is going to dress up as the Little Mermaid. Jen made this costume for her a week ago, and she's wanted to wear it pretty much every day since. She likes to lie on the floor and pretend she's swimming.

Jen's made this cute little apron as part of her cousin's wedding gift last week.

The other day, Ethan approached Kyle and complained, "Dad, Brooklyn thinks everything in the house is hers." Kyle responded, "Do you think everything in the house is yours?" Ethan confidently replied, "Yes!"

Primary Program

The Disneyland Halloween costume contest is over, and alas, we didn't win. Looking at the winners, the contest was obviously a popularity contest since the winning photos were quite mediocre. Oh well. We'll just have to pay for a trip some other time.

Today was Ethan's first Primary Program in our ward. Ethan did a really good job saying his line - "Saying my prayers." We think we saw him singing one of the songs too. We're proud that he did as well as he did.
During Conference weekend, Brooklyn loved seeing all of the babies. She and cousin Owen had some good cousin bonding time at Grandma Taylor's house.
Brooklyn always loves riding Bullseye at Grandpa Morrey's house.
This afternoon, Kyle and Ethan made some movies with some of Ethan's toys. Here's what we did:

Brooklyn and Jen had the following conversation earlier today:
Jen: I'm going to eat your fingers... (num, num, num) I'm going to eat your nose... (num, num, num)
Brooklyn: Not my boogers...I'm going to eat those myself!

Disneyland Contest

We entered this photo in a radio contest for a chance to win one of four trips to Disneyland. There are lots of great entries so we'd really appreciate any votes. Voting starts today and goes through Thursday, Oct 13. You can even vote everyday if you'd like.

Follow this link and vote for #96.

FYI, Jen is the only one who has been to Disneyland and that was nearly 20 years ago so winning would be a big deal for us.

Thanks!!